Indiana Code 36-4-2-7. Filing of returns of election; effect
(b) Within ten (10) days after an election held under section 3 of this chapter, the election board shall certify and file with:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-4-2-7
- Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) the county auditor;
a copy of the result of the election in each municipality. The county auditor shall enter the copy the county auditor receives in the records of the county executive.
(c) If, in an election held under section 3 of this chapter, a majority of the votes cast in each of the municipalities is in favor of the merger, the municipalities are merged under the terms prescribed by sections 9 through 17 of this chapter. After the merger becomes effective, the name of the new municipality is the name receiving the highest number of votes at the election.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-5-10-11 part; 18-5-10-12.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.5-1986, SEC.46; P.L.127-2017, SEC.123.